Beyond reductionism: Refocusing on the individual with individual-based modeling

Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 33-40

  Schank, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0003073907     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.1026     Document Type: Review

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